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Subject: PC Games for kids/educational

Written By: 2001 on 08/31/16 at 4:58 pm

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I was mostly a toddler and a young kid in the 90s so I remember my first introduction to PCs being through preschooler/kindergartener focused Click and Point games. A lot of them were actually really good!

Anyone else played these gems?  ;D

Freddi Fish

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Putt Putt

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Jump Start Series

I had the kindergarten and the first grade one!

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What about you guys?

I won't mention the infamous Mario is Missing  :-X

Subject: Re: PC Games for kids/educational

Written By: Baltimoreian on 08/31/16 at 5:13 pm

I may be a 2000s kid, but I think remember playing some 90s/early 2000s computer games when I was little.

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Dr. Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham (Living Books)

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Some Arthur game (Living Books)

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Ready To Read with Pooh (or some other Pooh game) (Disney Interactive)

Subject: Re: PC Games for kids/educational

Written By: mqg96 on 08/31/16 at 6:29 pm


Freddi Fish

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I played this one a lot when I was 6 & 7 years old at my grandmother's house. I just remember it being one of those fun adventurous CD games I'd play on the computer sometimes.

Subject: Re: PC Games for kids/educational

Written By: mach!ne_he@d on 08/31/16 at 11:06 pm

I didn't really have that many educational games growing up. I can recall a few, though.

Math Blaster Plus! - Amiga

http://www.lemonamiga.com/games/screenshots/full/math_blaster_plus_05.png

One of the oldest educational games I had was Math Blaster Plus! on my Commodore Amiga. It was first released for the Apple IIGS in 1987, then later ported to the Amiga in 1990. The copy that I have is about that old.

And, even though it's not really a "game", I also had one of these bad boys growing up as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJCywp3mx4E

Subject: Re: PC Games for kids/educational

Written By: 2001 on 09/03/16 at 11:59 am

OMG that computer!! I had one of those too!

À joke I made a few months ago on here about "having photo evidence that the iPad was made in 1999 and that makes me Gen Z" was actually referring to a photo of me on that computer. I was addicted!  ;D

Subject: Re: PC Games for kids/educational

Written By: #Infinity on 09/03/16 at 9:26 pm

Okay, let me tell you, I played a lot of these things as a kid. Throughout the late 90s, pretty much the majority of my time was spent playing educational computer games, especially around 1997 and early 1998 in particular, after I got a Macintosh computer for my room but before I discovered Nintendo. Even in 1996, I was already addicted to educational tools, even if I had to use my dad's Windows 95 to play them.

Subject: Re: PC Games for kids/educational

Written By: HazelBlue99 on 09/04/16 at 5:26 am

I owned the original Leapfrog console when I was a little kid. A lot of the games for that system were educational.

Subject: Re: PC Games for kids/educational

Written By: 90s Guy on 09/12/16 at 12:22 pm

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Subject: Re: PC Games for kids/educational

Written By: yelimsexa on 09/13/16 at 10:18 am


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I myself also had a Timon & Pumbaa game that was more of an arcade-style collection, including my fave, Jungle Pinball. In terms of learning the human body, I had Bodyworks which wasn't directed toward kids, but for middle-school level students.

Subject: Re: PC Games for kids/educational

Written By: mqg96 on 09/13/16 at 10:57 am

This one is kinda like a 3-D platformer game and math educational game at the same time. It was a huge part of my childhood. Got it for my 7th birthday and took me a couple of years to complete it 100%. There were 8 main levels in the game. Each level had the beginning zone which was the easier part, the math zone which was the educational part, and the end zone which was the difficult part before you went to the next level. Level 1 you're driving in the city all the way to the chocolate factory. Level 2 is the milk chocolate part of the factory. Level 3 is Oh Chute lol. Level 4 is Candy Colors. Level 5 is stamping (the longest IMO). Level 6 is packing. Level 7 is a driving one again but in the warehouse. Level 8 is electricity/power source (hardest in the game). It gave me a lot of good memories, and there were some bonus levels too if you hit the secret boxes. This game could be seen as a Crash Bandicoot rip-off but it was still fun overall as a M&M's game. Oh, and I almost forgot how much I loved the cut scenes too! Still seeing commercials with these M&M characters to this day always gives me good nostalgia.

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Subject: Re: PC Games for kids/educational

Written By: SpyroKev on 09/13/16 at 11:37 am

I just remember playing this Pinball game that had a character who looked like Buzz Light Year in computer class.

Subject: Re: PC Games for kids/educational

Written By: d90 on 09/18/16 at 3:33 pm

The earliest game i played was the  Busytown game for the pc

Subject: Re: PC Games for kids/educational

Written By: popguru85 on 09/21/16 at 11:37 pm

I remember playing a lot of Carmen Sandiego and Oregon Trail. I remember there being an Egyptian exploring game but can't remember the name of it.

Subject: Re: PC Games for kids/educational

Written By: YuYuYuuki on 09/03/17 at 10:12 am


I just remember playing this Pinball game that had a character who looked like Buzz Light Year in computer class.

Space Cadet? I loved that game.

I had that AnnaTommy game and Bodyworks as well, and who can forget Pajama Sam?

Subject: Re: PC Games for kids/educational

Written By: 2001 on 09/03/17 at 12:01 pm


I myself also had a Timon & Pumbaa game that was more of an arcade-style collection, including my fave, Jungle Pinball. In terms of learning the human body, I had Bodyworks which wasn't directed toward kids, but for middle-school level students.


I played the Timon & Pumbaa game as well. It was downloaded onto the school computers.

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